Pakistan's legendary cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan expressed his disappointment on Afridi’s captaincy in the World Twenty and Asia Cup.
According to local media reports, Imran Khan said Afridi’s performance as T20 captain was disappointing and that he didn’t act on the instructions given before Pakistan and India tie.
Lauding Test captain’s stunning leadership, Khan said that if Misbah was T20 captain, the situation could have been better. “Changing the coach and manager instead of reframing the cricket structure would never give fruitful results”, he added.
The former cricketer further said that talent is present in the country but they need stadiums. He added club cricket will strengthened in the country by building stadiums.
Pakistan were knocked out of the World T20 2016 after failing to qualify for the semi-finals as they lost three out of their four group matches. They only managed to win two matches in the Asia Cup 2016. However, Shahid Afridi stepped down as captain in the game’s shortest format following Pakistan’s early exit from the World Twenty20 tournament.
Earlier, Pakistan team manager Intikhab Alam had also blamed Shahid Afridi’s ‘clueless captaincy’ for the country’s group-stage exit from world cricket events.
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